Wildflowers in a blue and grey stoneware jug with green and red apples on a table, signed oil by Andre Charigny in a carved cream and red bole frame

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Andre Charigny, Flowers in a Blue Stoneware Jug, Signed Oil on Hardboard, Mid 20th Century, Carved Montparnasse Frame

Andre Charigny (1902-2000)

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Room view mockup showing the framed still life on a pale grey panelled wall above a walnut sideboard with brass candlesticks

The framed still life seen straight on against a plain ground, the carved cream frame with its shell and lattice ornament visible on all four sides

The whole arrangement seen close, yellow and white flowers massed above the blue and grey jug with two green apples, a red one and a terracotta bowl

Lower left detail showing the two green apples and the red one against the ochre table, the blue jug built in flat strokes, with the frame fillet at the edge

Angled view showing the depth of the carved frame, its shell and lattice ornament raised in relief, with the painted surface catching the light across the flowers

Corner of the carved frame showing the shell and scroll ornament, cream over red bole with the gilt edge worn through and small losses to the carving

Close view of the red apple in four or five loaded strokes with its cast shadow, at the lower left corner where the signature is placed

Close view of the blue and grey stoneware jug with its cobalt bands laid in single strokes, and two green apples modelled in three tones of paint

Right side of the composition with the terracotta bowl beside the jug, an open grey book on the table and a sprig of pink blossom laid across it

Oblique view from the left with the carved frame edge in the foreground, its gilt arris worn to the red bole, and the bouquet and jug beyond

Reverse of the hardboard panel held in the frame by bent nails, with metal corner brackets and no label or stamp

The jug with its cobalt bands seen close, two green apples and a red one casting a long shadow across the warm table, the chair back in shadow behind

The jug is the only cool thing in the picture. Everything around it is yellow, orange and brown, and the blue and white stoneware sits at the centre like a hole cut in the warmth.

Oil on hardboard, 25 x 21 inches (64 x 53 cm), 32 1/2 x 27 3/4 inches (83 x 70 cm) framed. Signed Charigny in red lower left. French, mid twentieth century, in a carved Montparnasse frame.

A bunch of garden flowers stands in a blue and white stoneware jug on a table, daisies and marguerites above, yellow and orange heads massed at the centre, a few reds at the right. Two green apples and a red one lie on the table beside the jug, with a terracotta pot behind and a grey book propped at the right. The paint is laid on thick and wet into wet, each petal a single loaded stroke, and the table is a broad warm ochre that carries the shadows in green and violet.

A Montparnasse frame
The carved frame with its shell and lattice ornament, cream over a red ground, is the pattern Paris framers made for the studios between the wars. It was cut for modern painting, not adapted from an older model, and painters chose it themselves. The frame belongs to the picture rather than to a later owner's taste.

The paint layer is stable with no visible losses, under a clear varnish. The frame carries a patina with wear to the gilding on the crests, the red bole showing through.

Provenance ▾

Private collection, France

Artist

Andre Charigny (1902-2000)

Period

Mid-20th century

Origin

France

Style

Modern French

Medium

Oil on hardboard

Signature

Signed Charigny lower left in red

Frame

Carved Montparnasse frame, cream over red ground, shell and lattice ornament

Features

Original, one of a kind, signed

Painting

25 x 21 inches

Framed

32 1/2 x 27 3/4 inches

Condition

Good original condition. The paint layer is stable with no visible losses, under a clear varnish. The frame carries a patina with wear to the gilding on the crests.

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